Editor Role

Editors Board Members along with Editorial-in-Chief carry huge responsibilities towards the authors who submit manuscripts to the journals, the peer-reviewers who recommend and comment on the validity and reliability of the manuscripts for publication, scientific community along with the readers of the Journals, Publishers, and the Public as a whole.

Editor Responsibilities toward Authors
1. Providing guidelines to authors for preparing and submitting manuscripts
2. Providing a clear statement of the Journalís policies on authorship criteria
3. Treating all authors with fairness, courtesy, objectivity, honesty, and transparency
4. Establishing and defining policies on conflicts of interest for all involved in the publication process, including editors, staff (e.g., editorial and sales), authors, and reviewers
5. Protecting the confidentiality of every authorís research work
6. Establishing a system for effective and rapid peer review process
7. Making editorial decisions with reasonable speed and communicating them in a clear and constructive manner
8. Being vigilant in avoiding the possibility of editors and/or referees delaying a manuscript for suspect reasons
9. Establishing clear guidelines for authors regarding acceptable practices for sharing experimental materials and information, particularly those required to replicate the research, before and after publication
10. Establishing a procedure for reconsidering editorial decisions
11. Describing, implementing, and regularly reviewing policies for handling ethical issues and allegations or findings of misconduct by authors and anyone involved in the peer review process
12. Informing authors of solicited manuscripts that the submission will be evaluated according to the journalís standard procedures or outlining the decision-making process if it differs from those procedures
13. Developing mechanisms, in cooperation with the publisher, to ensure timely publication of accepted manuscripts
14. Clearly communicating all other editorial policies and standards